SCB KL International Marathon - 28th June 2009

Kudos to hubby for finishing his first ever marathon! Congratulations !
Me and Jasmine are so proud of you dear!

Thanks to All (Dad's Demise)

Salam to all friends and anyone who know me and my family.

On behalf of my mum and family members, I would like to thank all of you for the condolences poured out.  Some even texted me and called.  Praise be to Allah, especially for having all of  you as part of my journey during this hard time my family had to endeavour.  All in all, we redha for his demise. Ajal maut di tangan Allah. No one could ever against it.

He's gone....forever.......

Last Thursday night, 23rd April 2009,at around 7.20pm, dad has passed away....in his last wudhu' for Maghrib prayer, by mum's side.  Dad was not in ICU, not hospitalised as usual, but in a pink of health in the week of his demise.  According to mum, on the day itself, dad managed to run final errands including repairing my mum's shoes and picked up his few shirts from nearby laundrette(he did not want to bother mum to do ironing for him, mum is not very well lately). I still remembered the last time I called, dad kept asking(as if to assured himself) when I mentioned would return home this coming weekend.  Takde rezki nak jumpa...

I really could not scribble much.  I could not even be in his room!  There's still an old family album of all his kids when we were toddlers.  I even found my wedding's door gift kept nicely in his cupboard.  But mum is very strong, she said she feel grateful for what she had shared with dad. They grow old and grey together, spent more than fifty marriage's years together.  I know mum will miss dad a lot. So do I.

Dad, we missed you! May your soul rest within the solleh'ful soleh.  Al-Fatihah. 

Hj Abdul Aziz Ishak in memory

27 Rabiulakhir 1430H

1928 - 2009

 

RBC-Dexia Investor Services' Star's Nite

This is the very first annual dinner for RBC Dexia Investor Services in Cyberjaya office. Most of us had joined the company with less than a year. The longest is seven month(the first batch) and the least is two weeks!(the third batch of FA). But the Managing Director really cheers us up when he announces there will be bonus for all of us! As the whole group had performed for financial year 2008, the Cyberjaya office also included for bonus distribution!

Most of us dressed accordingly to the theme. The are Captain Jack Sparrow, Anakin Skywalker, Marilyn Monroe, Queen Amidala, James Bond, Batman n Robin, etc.

From all the pictures, can you guess who win the Best Dressed? It's me, in Queen Amidala character dress!  Hahaha

Happy Birthday Me!

Alhamdulillah, I get another year older last week. I still vividly felt in my college years back in States. But it was a decade ago! Time flies sooooo fast that I am now a wife and a mother to a lovely husband and a cheeky 4-year-old daughter. But anyway, I feel great being able to breathe HIS air and granted a healthy life so far. Hubby was the first person to wish me in the morning. Though it was through text messaging, but OK la...considering he gets to the office very early(I'm still in bed).

On this very day,the first thing happened to me was really unbelievable. After sending my girl to her montessori, I rushed to the nearby wet market with the intention to buy chicken. I intended to cook chicken rice to bring to the office. In my mind, I was thinking that things need to be done, especially the cooking, in fast mode as my shift starts around noon and it was already 9am. So it only left me with roughly two and half hours to cook, fetch my girl, send her to babysitter's house, then rushed to office. (To those who still doesn't know, I work with foreign investor services provider and the work only start around noon, just to match Luxembourg time zone).

Know what happened?I accidentally locked my car with the engine was still on! Hahaha....I'm getting forgetful on turning this new age! What a gift on my birthday!

Luckily, hubby's office is nearby, only in UK Heights, so I make the 'urgent' and 'rescue-me-please-dear' called to hubby. While waiting, I bought chicken and few ingredients for my chicken rice. When hubby arrived, he just smiled and handed me his spare key.

In the office, most of them had my chicken rice including my Business Expert aka BE. Estelle really liked it, saying this was first time she tried chicken rice in Malaysia. My shift ends around 9pm and to my surprise before heading home, my team members already bought a birthday cake from Secret Recipe! I was so thrilled that night. We had the cake together before leaving.

When I reached home, hubby said he did not have anything for my birthday only a slice of cake he bought on his way home from clientelle meeting. I said to him, I didn't really hope to get a present on my birthday because I felt quite old now. And my girl sang birthday song to me."Mama, eppi beday! Kakak nyanyi kay...Eppy beday to you...eppy beday to you...." With her soft and sweet voice, that is really an exclusive gift for me! Suddenly hubby went inside his study room and brought out a large paper bag. I screamend with excitement! Surprise, it was a handbag! " I always wanted a handbag dear!"(true, m not lying...hehhehehehhe)